this one's for the good days.
this past wednesday i went to the concert that i have been determined to see before i die: radiohead. it was more than i could ever imagine. and to my surprise, i found out the liars were opening, which astounded me ever more. this summer i shaping up the be the best - concert wise, at least.
i've been constantly working since then. literally fifteen hour days for 5 days in a row. hence why i am doing this now.
i hate to complain about how much i'm working. because i know it's good for me in the long run, AND i know that i'd be bored and reckless otherwise. i just like to complain.
so i texted chris that i was at the concert, and he freaked, and demanded i tell him all about it. so i sent him an e-mail:
Chris -
I can't begin to describe to you the magnitude of the Radiohead concert. I almost don't want to because I feel guilty. You were practically the one to show me their beauty, and you've been a fan far longer than I have. I hate to take that out from under you... and I feel bad that I saw them live before you did. Kind of the same feeling I got after the secret Broken Social Scene concert, and you in fact were the one to notify me. So I won't give you a full detailed account of the concert because of this.
One thing I will say, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SEE THEM LIVE.
They exceeded my expectations completely. On the drive down we were all discussing what they might play. I had a few songs I was determined to hear (Myxomatosis, Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees, There There, True Love Waits, etc.). And to my surprise they actually did! They pulled out some of my favorite old songs. What kind of bothered me in the beginning was that the majority of their first songs were all In Rainbows. Not that that's bad! I loved the album, but I wanted to hear the old stuff too.
Because Radiohead's jumped on the Green wagon, they didn't use the house screens, which bothered me at first because we were on the lawn. But they used instead a pretty large screen behind them... they had cameras set up around the stage. With every song the camera was switched to a different angle. A memorable moment was during one song, I wish I could remember which, but Thom was playing the piano, and there was a camera set up near his mic, and he would inch closer and closer to the camera, so it zoomed into his eye, even the lazy one! It was amazing!
The lights were so spectacular too. They were almost all nearly timed to the music, either to the beat or the vocals, so not only was it a auditory sensational, but also a visual.
Throughout the entire concert there was a constant wafting of the weed in the air. Which didn't surprise me. But it was towards the last few songs that I thought to myself, "Wow! I almost wish I was on something, ust to make it ten times more beautiful!" But honestly, I wouldn't have remembered all that I do. Plus, I'd rather be high on life (ha!). Remember how you said U2 was a spiritual experience? That's EXACTLY how Radiohead was. Just pure.... well, pure happiness. It was so pure.
I am pasting a few links. One is an article I found about the concert that might give you some more insight, and the other with some photos. I will be uploading the photos I took on Facebook in a day or so - whenever I can get the chance.
http://the217.com/articles/view/radiohead_may_14_at_verizon_wireless_in_st_louis
http://pitch.com/slideshow/index.php?gallery=67200&type=1¤t=0
http://mel.opho.be/index.php/show-reviews/radiohead-verizon-wireless-amphitheatre-st-louis-mo-may-14-2008.html
Again, I wish for nothing more than for you to have the same experience I did. You deserve it!
yeah, that;s pretty much it. i could go on for days, talking about it. but words can't live up to what it was like.
speaking of chrissy! he came down to omaha and surprised me yesterday! crazy little guy. he's in town for a week. and he got me brainstorming about when i would go up there to visit him and maia. i've decided my birthday weekend - june 27-29, or 25/26, if i so desire.
trav & = done. i had hoped more than anything that when he got back home we would return to normal... seeing each other everyday, spending the night, etc. but he's working two jobs as well. however, we've both been busy previous summers, and ALWAYS made time to see each other. but the past week he's barely called and i've been left with my own thoughts. finally last night i got together with him and talked about it.
"what do you think about it?"
"about what?"
"us."
"what about us?"
ouch. later i asked if he ever thought we would get back together. "probably not." which took me by surprise, because he's always talked about OUR future. how can someone just disregard that in less than 3 months? without something drastic happening?
i wasn't a saint, and i know that. but i never want to lose him as a friend. and that's exactly what's happening now. it's hard. and i can only hope that it will get better with time.
on that happy note, here are a few images from radiohead.
i've been constantly working since then. literally fifteen hour days for 5 days in a row. hence why i am doing this now.
i hate to complain about how much i'm working. because i know it's good for me in the long run, AND i know that i'd be bored and reckless otherwise. i just like to complain.
so i texted chris that i was at the concert, and he freaked, and demanded i tell him all about it. so i sent him an e-mail:
Chris -
I can't begin to describe to you the magnitude of the Radiohead concert. I almost don't want to because I feel guilty. You were practically the one to show me their beauty, and you've been a fan far longer than I have. I hate to take that out from under you... and I feel bad that I saw them live before you did. Kind of the same feeling I got after the secret Broken Social Scene concert, and you in fact were the one to notify me. So I won't give you a full detailed account of the concert because of this.
One thing I will say, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SEE THEM LIVE.
They exceeded my expectations completely. On the drive down we were all discussing what they might play. I had a few songs I was determined to hear (Myxomatosis, Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees, There There, True Love Waits, etc.). And to my surprise they actually did! They pulled out some of my favorite old songs. What kind of bothered me in the beginning was that the majority of their first songs were all In Rainbows. Not that that's bad! I loved the album, but I wanted to hear the old stuff too.
Because Radiohead's jumped on the Green wagon, they didn't use the house screens, which bothered me at first because we were on the lawn. But they used instead a pretty large screen behind them... they had cameras set up around the stage. With every song the camera was switched to a different angle. A memorable moment was during one song, I wish I could remember which, but Thom was playing the piano, and there was a camera set up near his mic, and he would inch closer and closer to the camera, so it zoomed into his eye, even the lazy one! It was amazing!
The lights were so spectacular too. They were almost all nearly timed to the music, either to the beat or the vocals, so not only was it a auditory sensational, but also a visual.
Throughout the entire concert there was a constant wafting of the weed in the air. Which didn't surprise me. But it was towards the last few songs that I thought to myself, "Wow! I almost wish I was on something, ust to make it ten times more beautiful!" But honestly, I wouldn't have remembered all that I do. Plus, I'd rather be high on life (ha!). Remember how you said U2 was a spiritual experience? That's EXACTLY how Radiohead was. Just pure.... well, pure happiness. It was so pure.
I am pasting a few links. One is an article I found about the concert that might give you some more insight, and the other with some photos. I will be uploading the photos I took on Facebook in a day or so - whenever I can get the chance.
http://the217.com/articles/view/radiohead_may_14_at_verizon_wireless_in_st_louis
http://pitch.com/slideshow/index.php?gallery=67200&type=1¤t=0
http://mel.opho.be/index.php/show-reviews/radiohead-verizon-wireless-amphitheatre-st-louis-mo-may-14-2008.html
Again, I wish for nothing more than for you to have the same experience I did. You deserve it!
yeah, that;s pretty much it. i could go on for days, talking about it. but words can't live up to what it was like.
speaking of chrissy! he came down to omaha and surprised me yesterday! crazy little guy. he's in town for a week. and he got me brainstorming about when i would go up there to visit him and maia. i've decided my birthday weekend - june 27-29, or 25/26, if i so desire.
trav & = done. i had hoped more than anything that when he got back home we would return to normal... seeing each other everyday, spending the night, etc. but he's working two jobs as well. however, we've both been busy previous summers, and ALWAYS made time to see each other. but the past week he's barely called and i've been left with my own thoughts. finally last night i got together with him and talked about it.
"what do you think about it?"
"about what?"
"us."
"what about us?"
ouch. later i asked if he ever thought we would get back together. "probably not." which took me by surprise, because he's always talked about OUR future. how can someone just disregard that in less than 3 months? without something drastic happening?
i wasn't a saint, and i know that. but i never want to lose him as a friend. and that's exactly what's happening now. it's hard. and i can only hope that it will get better with time.
on that happy note, here are a few images from radiohead.